Domestic Violence in Society

Domestic violence can be summarised by ‘The Woman’s Aid Federation (2008)’ as a ‘physical, psychological, sexual or financial violence that occurs within an intimate of family relationship and forms a pattern of coercive and controlling behaviour. it may involve , partners, household member or other family members or relatives’. Domestic violence is referred to as the ‘darker side’ of the family. Another view however is that the behaviour of a few disturbed or ‘sick’ individuals, and that its causes are psychological rather than social. Many sociologists however believe many other factors are to be taken into consideration when identifying the main causes of domestic violence in the family.

The British crime survey of 2007 came up with results that state domestic violence accounts for almost a sixth of all violent crime. Catriona Mirrlees black’s 1999 survey of 16,000 people estimates roughly that there are 6.6 million domestic assaults each year. Approximately half of which involve physical injury. These results may be an inaccurate representation of the rates of domestic violence as many women may victims may not have come forward to tell their story for privacy reasons or due to fear of peoples reactions or they may be embarrassed. This means that most likely these results should be higher but because of the intimate issues domestic violence triggers, many victims will not come forth. It is a controversial issue.

Another perspective is that domestic violence does not occur randomly but is the result of society’s members following social patterns and the aftermath of these patterns. One of these patterns is that it is mainly men who are domestically violent towards a woman. Kathryn Coleman et al (2007) established that women were more likely to have experienced violent acts towards them committed by a man than a man to have had violent acts towards them...

...DomesticViolence on Women and girls in Society
Tabinda Asghar
Dow Institute of Nursing
Abstract
Violence alongside women and girls is a sign of previously uneven authority relations among men and women, which have led to command over and unfairness against women by men and to the avoidance of the full progression of women. These types of terrible actions against women and girls continues to be a global epidemic that kills, tortures, and wound- physically, psychologically, sexually and economically. DomesticViolence is the imposing of bodily injury by one family or household partner on another also a frequent or habitual pattern of aggressive behavior. Research shows that verbal abuse against women in Pakistan is 97.5% by the husband and 90.0% by their in laws. Prevalence of physical abuse is 80.0% and 57.5% by in laws. Financial issues are most common reason of violence followed by infertility and not having a son. Another cause is joint family system. The global dimensions of this violence are alarming, as highlighted by studies on its incidence and prevalence. The government is a crucial factor which can reduce these types of crimes by husbands to their wives. Attentiveness, perception and documentation of domesticviolence differ widely from country to country, and from era to era.
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...The women’s aid federation defines domesticviolence as physical, psychological, sexual or financial violence that takes place within an intimate or family type relationships, it may involve partners, ex partners or household members.
Sociologists challenge the view that domesticviolence is confined to the behaviour of a few sick individuals, they argue that there are sociological explanations for domesticviolence, domesticviolence is far too widespread to be simply the work of a few disturbed individuals according to the British crime survey domesticviolence accounts for almost a sixth of all violent crime also domesticviolence does not occur randomly but follows particular social patterns.
Kathryn Coleman found a pattern that women were more likely than men to have experienced intimate violence across all types of abuse, to back up Coleman, Mirrlees Black similar found that most victims are women and 99% of incidents are committed by men and that 1 in 4 women will experience abuse and assault by their partner, this is confirmed by research conducted by Russell and Rebecca Dobash they cite examples of wives being slapped, beaten , raped or killed by their husbands however they argue that marriage legitimates violence against women because husbands tend...

...Introduction
Domesticviolence can be defined as, ‘any violence between current and former partners in an intimate relationship wherever and whenever the violence occurs. The violence may include physical, sexual, emotional and financial abuse’ (Home Office 2003: 6). Domesticviolence is not a new phenomenon. Experienced still by women today, domesticviolence can be dated back to even the 17th and 18th century. We shall explore the different outlooks of domesticviolence including psychological, sociological and the feminist perspective. In conjunction, two more concepts seem to deliver a clarification for the progression and endurance of abusive relationships; they are the attachment theory (Dutton, Saunders, Starzomski, & Bartholomew, 1994; Stoney, 1995) and the “metaperspective.” (Goldner, 1998; Goldner, Penn, Sheinberg, & Walker, 1990)
Psychological Perspective
The psychological outlook on domesticviolence describes both the abuser and the victim to have an array of psychopathologies. Abusive men are believed to experience low self-esteem and lack of impulse control (Hamberger & Hastings, 1988), antisocial tendencies (Hotaling, Straus, & Lincoln, 1989), and the effects of substance abuse (Kantor & Straus, 1987). A study by Rosenbaum et al. (1994) affirmed that head injury is a...

...reasons for domesticviolence in society (24 marks)
Domesticviolence is defined as physical, sexual or financial violence taking place within an intimate or family type relationship and forms a pattern of coercive and controlling behaviour. There are many patterns and reasons for domesticviolence which each sociologist has a different view upon.
Domesticviolence affects certain people more than others as they are more vulnerable or stress is caused. These people include children, people living in rented accommodation, lower social classes or people with a family member who has a problem with drinking or illegal drugs. Richard Williamson sees domesticviolence as a result of stress caused by these factors. Homes with overcrowding or worries about money tend to be more affected from domesticviolence because it causes stress and arguments between family members and also reduces the social support a family needs.
Dobash &amp; Dobash’s research in Scotland based on police and court records and interviews with women reveal many patterns of domesticviolence in society. They found that nearly 1 in 4 women have been assaulted but a partner and 1 in 5 it was repeatedly; they also found that most victims are women and 99% of the...

...Domesticviolence has become America's most common crime and tragically its least reported. The percentages are overwhelming, and the statistics can be "hard to swallow," but it is important to remember that behind each statistic is face with a name. The impact of violence is far reaching. How does a mother survive, not just the blows to her body, but the terror and fear written on her child's heart and reflected in her child's eyes?Domesticviolence is defined as abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power and control over another partner. It can be physical, sexual, emotional, economic, or psychological actions or threats of actions that influence another person. This includes any behaviors that intimidate, manipulate, humiliate, isolate, frighten, terrorize, coerce, threaten, blame, hurt, injure, or wound someone. (USDOJ, 2009)It has been said that, "Domesticviolence is America's hidden war. And the battleground is in all our homes." The truth of that statement is seen in the following statistics presented by Shank and Hunter (2009):Current estimates reveal that every 15 seconds an act of domesticviolence occurs somewhere in the United States.
Every 6 hours a woman is battered to death.
Annually that translates into more than 2.5 million victims per year. And more than 1 million of those victims,...

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Examine the patterns of, and reasons for, domesticviolence in societyDomesticviolence is defined by the Women’s aid federation in 2008 as “physical, psychological, sexual or financial violence that takes place within an intimate or family-type relationship and forms a pattern of coercive and controlling behaviour. It may involve partners, ex-partners, household members or other relatives.”
According to the British Crime Survey in 2007, domesticviolence accounts for 16% of all violent crime. Catriona Mirrlees- Black’s survey of 16,000 people estimates that there are 6.6million domestic assaults a year, almost half involve physical injury. As domesticviolence does not occur arbitrarily, there must be a social pattern which results to social causes. Violence by men and women is the most conspicuous pattern. Kathryn Coleman found that women were more likely than men to experience violence, which included four types of abuse; family abuse, sexual assault, partner abuse and stalking. Similarly, Catriona Mirrlees- Black found that 99% of incidents against women are committed by men and that one in four women had been maltreated by a spouse at a time in her life. Rebecca and Russell Dobash’s research in Scotland identified jealousy, money, children, drunkenness and arguments...

...A definition of domesticviolence is 'physical, psychological, sexual or financial violence that takes place within an intimate or family type relationship and forms a pattern of coercive and controlling behaviour. It may involve partners, ex-partners, household members or other relations' (Women's Aid Federation). a view held by many is that domesticviolence is caused by a few "disturbed" individuals.
However, according to sociologists this can not be the case as it is far too widespread with studies showing that it accounts for 1/6 of all violent crimes (British Crime Survey 2007). These results may be an inaccurate representation of the rates of domesticviolence as many women may victims may not have come forward to tell their story for privacy reasons or due to fear of peoples reactions or they may be embarrassed. Stephanie Yearnshire (1997) found that on average a woman suffers 35 assaults before making a report. It is a crime that is the least likely to be reported. This means that most likely these results should be higher but because of the intimate issues domesticviolence triggers, many victims will not come forth. It is a controversial issue.
It follows sociological patterns too, for example although males can and do get abused the majority of people who are victims of domesticviolence are women. Coleman...